Sunday School Lesson Scripture Network

I was asked to substitute for a youth Sunday School class today. The topic for March in Come Follow Me was on the Atonement of Jesus Christ. One of the outlines was on what the scriptures teach about the atonement. I came up with a scripture network related to the Topical Guide topic Jesus Christ, Atonement through, and printed out a large copy. The class started at the center and traced a line out to a scripture of their choice. We would read the scripture and discuss it, and then follow it to another connecting topic and a subsequent connecting scripture. We would then discuss how those scriptures were connected and what they taught us about the atonement. The youth gave some insightful comments and we had some good discussions about how to connect and find patterns in the scriptures. One of my favorite comments was at the beginning when a young man said, "Well, those aren't all the scriptures about the atonement." We agreed that a chart with all the scriptures related to the atonement of Jesus Christ would probably be unreadable.